OWN to Release Barbara Kopple Doc ‘Running From Crazy’ in Theaters

Hemingway family pic to get Oscar-qualifying run on Nov. 1 in N.Y., L.A., Chicago

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN is expanding its theatrical footprint, partnering with independent distributor Vitagraph Films to releaseBarbara Kopple’s docu “Running From Crazy” in theaters on Nov. 1. The cabler will air the docu in 2014.

OWN previously partnered with Roco Prods. for theatrical distribution of the 2010 doc “Family Affair.”

OWN and Vitagraph — the distrib behind Gael Garcia Bernal’s “Even the Rain” and “The Baader Meinhof Complex” — plan to give “Crazy” a platform awards-qualifying run, launching the film limited in New York, L.A. and Chicago.